A match flickered to reveal the cunning face of the unbearded mystic.

A match flickered; the room was illuminated.

A match flickered.

A match flickered; its illumination did not carry far.

A match flickered in his hands.

We caught the one clear glimpse of it, and then the match flickered and went out, even as the hope had gone out of our souls.

A match flickered in the other young man's eyes.

A match flickered, but it did not show the fifth man's face.

A match flickered, but it did not reveal a face.

A match flickered and went out; another did the same.